Elywn Winston, Remembered

Elwyn Winston

Elywn Winston, a SCORE counselor for 20 years, passed away last month.  Elwyn was an active counselor at SCORE’s free counseling locations at Governors State University and Prairie State University.

One of his clients, Shelia Edwards, sent us this email:

“…my SCORE Counselor was Elwyn Winston. He counseled me out of the Matteson, Illinois location. I just wanted to take the time to express my gratitude for his expertise and genuine appreciation for my business idea. Mr. Winston really went beyond the call of duty on my behalf and I will be forever grateful to him for doing so. SCORE is such a valuable asset to those looking to start a new business or expand an existing one.”

South vice chair Jack Donohue speaks for all of the volunteers and staff at SCORE Chicago when he says:

“Elwyn was instrumental in establishing the SCORE counseling site at Governors State. He recruited the counselors, was always there for SCORE…and did it with a smile…while playing piano and writing songs on the side. He will be missed.”

Lesson Learned: Write Your Own Plan

Adolphina Goodwin

Business: Precious Images Ultrasound provides prospective mothers with 3D and 4D ultrasound videos of their babies to share with family and friends

Problem: How to get from “0 to 60″ as fast as possible

Solution: Writes her on plan and wows her banker

Results: Revenues from the startup year exceeded her conservative projections by a large margin. The Southtown paper plans to do a feature on her.

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